"Bertha Garlan" by Arthur Schnitzler is a story set in the late 1800s, focusing on Bertha who is a woman facing life alone in a quiet town after her husband’s passing. The story follows Bertha as she thinks about her marriage, her connections with others, and her feelings of being alone while remembering what she wanted to do when she was younger. It presents Bertha walking with her son, showing how lonely she feels three years after her husband died, and sets the stage for a story about her dealing with the past and her unmet desires to be an artist. Bertha's relationships with a questionable man, Herr Klingemann, and her remembered first love, Emil Lindbach, bring up questions about what love really means, the pain of wanting something, and how the decisions we make shape our lives.
Bertha Garlan
By Arthur Schnitzler
A widow in a small town confronts loneliness and lost dreams as past loves resurface, challenging her quiet existence.
Summary
About the AuthorArthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives, dissected turn-of-the-century Viennese bourgeois life, making him a sharp and stylistically conscious chronicler of Viennese society around 1900.
Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives, dissected turn-of-the-century Viennese bourgeois life, making him a sharp and stylistically conscious chronicler of Viennese society around 1900.
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